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Humans , Male , Adult , Aneurysm , Pulmonary Artery , Hypertension, Pulmonary , Echocardiography, Doppler , Radiography, Thoracic , Tomography, X-Ray ComputedABSTRACT
Although pulmonary artery aneurysms are a rare vascular anomaly, they are seen in a wide variety of conditions, such as congenital heart disease, infection, trauma, pulmonary hypertension, cystic medial necrosis and generalized vasculitis. To our knowledge, mycotic aneurysms caused by pulmonary actinomycosis have not been reported in the radiologic literature. Herein, a case of pulmonary actinomycosis complicated by mycotic aneurysm is presented. On CT scans, this case showed focal aneurysmal dilatation of a peripheral pulmonary artery within necrotizing pneumonia of the right lower lobe, which was successfully treated with transcatheter embolization using wire coils.
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Aged , Humans , Male , Actinomycosis/complications , Aneurysm, Infected/etiology , Embolization, Therapeutic , Pneumonia, Bacterial/complications , Pulmonary Artery , Treatment OutcomeABSTRACT
We report a case of Rasmussen aneurysm diagnosed by helical CT that well shows vascular imaging. Coil embolization of Rasmussen aneurysm stopped the bleeding successfully.
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Aneurysm , Embolization, Therapeutic , Hemorrhage , Tomography, Spiral ComputedABSTRACT
Aneurysms of the pulmonary artery are rare, with mycotic aneurysms occurring most frequently. This latter type may also occur in association with a lung abscess or septicemia, particularly in drug addicts. As far as we are aware, the radiologic findings of mycotic aneurysm of the pulmonary artery have not been reported in Korea. We present the simple chest radiographs, as well as the CT and angiographic findings ,of a case of aneurysm of the pulmonary artery which was successfully embolized using a coil.